Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-08-25
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| lnmaBghQ I'll athqR Inhabitants Of tho con.
| vent nom. appealed to mo so strongly
1 rs Sister Mario Augustine. In my iife
3lohavc heScrseSh gilmore perfect face
| and form; even the nuns dress could
not c6hccail ifheif Beadty.miiPa,l md
\ ! slight! Ras cetryascsaire wis dJeenly;
her eseswUro Ilmge aadIof the deepest
Iyloletp hSpndclieite YSatmcian features
bMouldhaEe boon almost too statueyaIo
IAN thainphnfectJO JOyalipasao III ID had not
ecenlfesit sithaGieb Gpsand IcleaN bright
'eSplolrptlher abesks; lWhieht glpwsdyith
Rc.rlfestl health boShsplaSsa tha; organ
l%it3a ,ski5l tbRt pfpyG9 ,hsB an ase9m-
plished mpsieianos EAglisb and Italian,
as weiDas F,fendhp Csh&spoka with easeC
and ofteniwondetcd wtat could haso
driyeh her from u wofi %Reie sh6aWas
50 Ycll' lifted t8s7plAy4 BfflfiaAF phrrtt.'
Ineysfi iSdEysa tqiaE ,hpt later. &eaard
SaccliantauYntAat, immediately before
she eIltnred tho cor pTont, shdhad ipassed
sometime atesaitasihaid ofshonor to-
the Eh3pfess Rtigdnie!!ii HAdsshe started
back VI ,ofhS93Srl fhS93Srl% g,} }fHS8mg gaa% Eotla' Such is
Bshc iSarBcd IN kR9w,iitfi w,iitfi5lhi lhibercg gbOr had
some Tragedy frjghtenod her aNayP,y,u
- Sistcf EEEabeth wnRthe woman who,
intclleetualls,swoHdibe laAked first IN
the convent In apYsbherco She Would
have been counted as q, a,3ltstinguished
Womann1 She, belonged by birth, as by
talent, to, q family Of lawyers, and it
was an eudlessi source of amusement to-
me toiwateh ihcras she sat, perfectly
rhotioniess, with her hands claspcd to-
gcthGE, arguing with 1aWycr-like acu-
men spme point in dispute, once did
1Ecntprottoask her what could have in
iducod ihcr'tO ontor convent. For any
ono who knew the woman the naivctc
If her confession Was charming 1.f'I
NJ, In rtthhe olden days, before Elizabeth
was born. an aunt Of hers, the only sis.
ter OF her mOthers had excited the un-
dying enmityof her family by becom-
ing a nun. The homo atmosphere be-
ing decidedly, anti-clcrieal, This aunt
had been, helt-ap as an object of the.
strongest reprohation to, Elizabatb's
childish imagination, and from her ear
licst iffancy'it had been impressed up
on her by her mother that the one
thing she must not DO was 70 beqelae a d,
nuna,As her mind was, deeidedlyof the,
combative order, tho sdhaturalnresultI Of
this systom of training was that'as SOON
as she ih'ifFct ataHiagc 10 take the ihil
tiadyc Shee began b@eesa 20 regard convent life
somGWhat in, the Light Of o forbidden
pleasure. Noticing er,fsmily roa
doubled otheirathreats and warnings
with the afcs dit thatas soonaas she az
tained hef itiAi6tity She entered d cot-
yqiFi sSS y VIII thS 6Hly Yhc "9f " tho Sis
tels who eyer discussed theology with
me.nIhe others. with aisort of Inmate
courtesy, tacitly ignorod the fact that /
was notof tliesamc persuasion as they
& Thcn there was Sister ,Blandine, IA
dolisate, con$umptiKe girl,, Who Seemed
to be fading away before our eyes, She
had lately joined tho community; but
even conyontilifc.oan not heal broken
heart and her" story, as'her fate, was
written only too clearly on her face. .'o
Sister Qctayie,, who was nearly nine
.ty, was the only ono who seemed to re-
grct the outside world. If she saw me
at my window. with q significant nod
she would point TO herchaplot. I knew
well what was meant; as soon rs her
string of prayers was said Che would
come and nay, ple q visit o Ard then
me espeed with which she, would rattle
through those beads, so as not to miss
Der chat! For, IT'S I soon discovered,
their view Of silence was allowed 30
yield place to their sense Of hospitality,
] soon. know the history OF her life, if
life it could be called. She was brought
up in convent. and when her educa.
ton was' complete, at the request Of
her. friends Go dowfy, and therefore
no husband having been fonnd) she
took the veil She could not remember
having walked in astrcet in her hfo!
With this was connected her greatest
earthly disappointment Some three
years before I met her shc had been
sent from Dijon 70 the then new con-
vent at Tprgia. The journey, about
forty hours Git is contrary to their rule
to travel exprcss), she went through
without stopping, sustained, as she in
q moment of confidence told mo, BY
the. hope Of, just for ONCE traycrsing the
streets ON loot. But, alas for the frailty
of human hopes! the Lady Superior,
knowing nothing of the secret long
ing OF Octavic's soul, rashly deciding
that Woman Of more than eighty, AZ
the end Of such a journey, would be
only too glad to drive, sent a close car. Z
riage to meet hor at the railway sta.
ton There were tears in the poor old
Woman's s eyes rs she said to me: ''And
now I shall never walk IN a street " - y
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